The Justice Department said on August 6 that Duke University School of Law intentionally discriminated on the basis of race in admissions for its 2023, 2024, and 2025 entering classes, concluding that the school’s practices violated Title VI and the Supreme Court’s ban on race-based admissions in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College et …
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The Justice Department has announced a $400 million settlement to cover healthcare costs for the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, marking one of the larger recent federal settlements and an important development at the intersection of tribal healthcare, federal funding obligations, and government-liability litigation.

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The Ninth Circuit’s August 4, 2026 opinion in No. 61 OPINION (Milan D), Docket No. 26-1444, is worth watching for practitioners handling federal appeals in the circuit. Based on the available case information, the decision appears to address issues significant enough to merit a published opinion, which usually signals the panel intended to provide guidance beyond the immediate parties.
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The Justice Department has announced a $36.4 million settlement with Access DX Laboratory, its former CEO Michael Stewart, and Florida businessman Harold Shatz to resolve allegations that the defendants participated in a kickback-driven scheme involving medically unnecessary genetic testing billed to Medicare and Medicaid. The case is the latest sign that federal healthcare-fraud enforcement remains sharply focused on laboratory testing…
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Rarely do law firms lose clients on merit, argues Cesar Tapia. They lose them before intake ever happens – to missed calls, slow follow-up and dead voicemail.Today, Tapia and his cofounder Eslam Odeh are launching their answer to that problem – Paravo, a startup emerging from stealth with what it describes as the first AI “revenue engine” for…
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See below for opportunities to advertise In a forthcoming report from Legal IT Insider, we examine how the security foundations of the law firm are being re‑written as AI becomes […]
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By Yasmin Lambert On 28 July 2026, Linklaters and Webber Wentzel announced that their alliance will conclude in November, ending a 13-year arrangement between the UK and South African headquartered […]
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The Department of Justice on Tuesday announced a fresh enforcement push against senior leaders of the Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación, pairing new criminal charges with reward offers in a coordinated action involving DOJ, DEA, FBI, Homeland Security Investigations, IRS-CI, CBP, and other agencies. For legal observers, the move stands out as one of the day’s most significant developments in…
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In a July 29, 2026 final written decision, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board held that the petitioner failed to prove any challenged claim unpatentable in IPR2025-00574. The judgment, issued under 35 U.S.C. § 318(a), is a complete defense win for the patent owner: none of the instituted challenges succeeded.

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The Third Circuit’s July 30, 2026 decision in Opinion, No. 25-1116, is a useful reminder that appellate outcomes often turn as much on procedure as on merits. Although the case title released on the docket is generic, the court’s ruling appears to focus on whether the appeal was properly before the court and what qualifies as a reviewable order…
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